Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Liquid container
- Patent Title (中): 液体容器
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Application No.: US11785490Application Date: 2007-04-18
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Publication No.: US08221698B2Publication Date: 2012-07-17
- Inventor: Yuji Aoki , Hitotoshi Kimura
- Applicant: Yuji Aoki , Hitotoshi Kimura
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JPP2006-114847 20060418; JPP2007-107476 20070416
- Main IPC: G01N31/22
- IPC: G01N31/22 ; G01N33/52 ; G01N35/00 ; B41J2/175

Abstract:
A liquid container includes: a liquid containing chamber that is accommodated in a pressure space and is pressurized by a pressurized fluid to be introduced into the pressure space so as to discharge a liquid stored in an inside thereof; and a liquid detection portion for detecting the liquid in the liquid containing chamber, the liquid detection portion includes: a liquid detection chamber that has a liquid inlet port communicating with the liquid containing chamber and a liquid outlet port communicating with an external liquid consuming apparatus, and a volume of which changes according to a liquid pressure between the liquid inlet port and the liquid outlet port; a detection unit that is provided on one of first and second walls opposite to each other, a distance between the first and second walls changing in accordance with the change in volume of the liquid detection chamber, for detecting a vibration wave form of the liquid; and a space forming portion that, when the volume of the liquid detection chamber is minimized, forms a predetermined space between the first and second walls.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070243104A1 Liquid container Public/Granted day:2007-10-18
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